#*interpretation of lyrics are my own

[hinamie]

もう一回、もう一回

[cecoeur]

How do you sleep at night? No one to hide behind Betrayed every alibi you had You had every chance to make amends instead you got drunk on bitterness And you still claim that you're innocent, it's sad

[vagueconfusion]

hey, just putting out some feelers for any essays or interpretations of Sleep Token that people really like, they don't have to be on tumblr. it can be your own or someone else's, and it can be about the music or the art or the sound design or lore, and it can be about technical aspects too

feel free to reblog this and pass it around btw

[feminist-cult-following]

top 10 most lesbian taylor swift songs as decided by me, a raging lesbian

1. betty — starting off with the most obvious choice. taylor can write from a male perspective all she wants but it’ll always be a lesbian perspective to me

2. ivy — she was possessed by the ghost of emily Dickinson when she wrote this okay there’s no way the subject of this song is a man

3. lavender haze — need I say more?

4. dorothea — this one is for the girlies that never fully got over that one homoerotic friendship in high school

5. I can see you — there’s something so sapphic about this song. the forbidden relationship, the will-they-won’t-they vibe. it also helps that I could never personally feel like this about a man

6. dress — “I don’t want you like a best friend” case closed

7. down bad — the comparison between the relationship and an alien invasion is so so so lesbian. it’s that one life altering relationship that changes you forever, the first real love that helps you come into who you are and then leaves you destroyed when it’s over

8. guilty as sin? — despite using he/him/his pronouns this song is so undeniably lesbian coded. the religious imagery? the forbidden love? the insane yearning? god bless the lesbian ghost that possesses taylor every once in a while

9. question…? — I’ll defend this songs appearance on this list with my life. “politics and gender roles” was enough for me

10. the bolter — this is for the girls who dated men before coming out and always found themselves sabotaging the relationship for reasons they couldn’t quite ascertain

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

“because he never accepts that it's never been about righteousness--it's about repentance.” except javert killing himself IS repentance.

well, it’s like 12 different things, because bro had gone days without sleeping and very little food and water and he already had low self-worth and kept asking the amis to kill him and just assumed he was going to die AND THEN valjean upended his understanding of the world and morality. he was really going through it & there are a lot of overlapping reasons for why he jumps into the seine.

but javert is like Number One Most Responsible guy in the whole story. taking responsibility is his Thing (forever bitter the musical doesn’t include the punish me monsieur le maire scene). how else, in his derailment, could he atone for his conceived misdeeds other than by handing in his resignation to god? in the brick he had already left a note urging his superiors to treat convicts at toulon better, which is another step in his repentance (and another crime the musical commits by not including it). jumping into the seine was another step.

honestly a lot of ppl who like the book think the musical was dead wrong to exclude him from the big heaven group sing, because it COMPLETELY undermines the themes of forgiveness and compassion threaded throughout les mis. like the musical was simply wrong lol.

This is helpful context! I am still finishing the brick, although I have fully read the abridged version, and that detail about the letter wasn't included, so I didn't know that occurred! (And thank you for the message--this is a long response but I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!)

I agree that Javert is certainly deeply distraught and remorseful; like you mentioned, his worldview is literally falling apart, and his actions reflect his mental state. But his death isn't really repentance--in the sense that it's not what God would have wanted. To me it reads like a Judas situation: a desperate realization of a huge mistake, and doing the only thing you think can make it right, namely, ending it all. That's the just punishment for someone so wrong, isn't it?

But true repentance, meaning the repentance that the Lord desires, is about changing your ways, not "paying a price." Had Javert really understood the beauty of Valjean's mercy (an image of Christ's, just as the bishop's undeserved mercy was to Valjean himself), rather than killing himself, he would have lived to also become "an honest man"--in heart. One who could forgive and understand forgiveness, for himself as well as others. One who could recognize that he is not The Law, that he can fall, but that he can also be "brought to the light." One who could accept that men like Valjean, and men like himself, CAN change, and be changed.

It's tragic to me because so much of "Stars," and his character in the book as well as the musical, is about wanting to be righteous, to rise above his birth and the sinfulness he associates it with. It's about wanting to please the Lord by his actions. But in his end, he shows he never understood what God really wanted from him, and that's where my original phrase comes in: not righteousness, but repentance. To live, and face the man you were, knowing it's no longer the man you are. That it's never been about what you've done or can do, but about what's been done for you. That's the Gospel that he could never fully accept.

To use another example you mentioned, that misunderstanding drives why he asks the Mayor (Valjean) to punish him--in his worldview, mercy is unjust, or at the very least, unfair. Evil must be punished; "those who fall like Lucifer fell" receive "the sword." But "as it is written," God "desires mercy, not sacrifice" (Matthew 9:13). God would have wanted Javert to live, and Javert couldn't see that, and that's why it's devastating to me. In his misunderstanding of the heart of God, he misses what would have set him free from the chains of sin he's always been trying to escape.

That's why he's contrasted with Valjean, who (though he carries guilt about his past till the end of his life) is eventually able to face it and confess what he had done to those he loves. He knew there was mercy to be found, if only it was asked for. Javert was too blinded by pride and shame to realize it, and so, while broken, he never was able to truly repent.

For that, you must go on.

[skylarbee]

Do you think the "element of surprise" could concern Miles? I'm French and my English is not perfect and I don't understand all the nuances in his texts, but there are certain sentences and the "x" that made me think of that.

it could be, or it could be just about cheating (like most songs from eycte lmao) or just about meeting someone new and falling for them.

if we want to overanalyse it, the first verse definitely reminds me of being confused about falling for someone who it didn't make sense for me to fall for (someone of the same gender; the 'heart' can say yes to them but the 'head' can't make sense of it), potentially while already being in a relationship with someone else ('losing the plot'). and then we've got the 'sneaking in the side' in the chorus, trying not to be seen, which wouldn't make much sense if he wrote it about a current girlfriend 🤔 then in verse two he could be talking about playing "games" with this person ('never-ending games that you play'), just fooling around, but which then ultimately results in something more serious, so therefore the games weren't much good for anything ('why colour in the lines if you're just painting it black?'). aaand then we have the x's, which if someone (like miles) uses it too often, they kind of lose their meaning of being a kiss and turn into a habit or wanting to seem nice while texting (also used excessively when arranging a hook-up/being flirty). but alex doesn't really care whether they are kisses, just a habit, or whether this person 'ends all the messages' with this (= realising he's not the only person they're potentially sleeping with) he would still like to hook up/meet them: 'there's nothing like the element of surprise' - which seems to be a sarcastic line - he knows that he's doing something he shouldn't, that maybe he's not special, and yet he can't resist them and is not surprised when they sneak in and end up spending time together for the nth time

so, yeah, it could well concern him😂

[its-tortle]

i have a strong opinion, i need to know if someone else shares it

(as in is he saying he loved that her the way she once was in the past, or is he pointing out that she loved him for who he is/was)

[concha-de-mar]

not me spontaneously crying to a tiktok with the half return audio because all i could think about was how the lawn is fucking dead since roran is mortal but eragon will endure

[liliumaa]

the og post has reblogs turned off but its one going over people being uncomfortable with rap and one point people give for not liking it is not understanding what's being said, its wild to me that people dont like looking up lyrics to things. i love looking at lyrics. i love finding out meanings.

[nervetower]

Itoki Hana - Moonstruck Blossom Vocal Arrange (English Translation)

Ah, I had such a long dream... I can yet hear a voice from somewhere Like how time slips away, I chase after my name From a bud, a flower From a chrysalis, a butterfly Before your eyes I change my form, again and again Mirror, mirror, Who am I? I am given the answer, again and again and I am reborn If the beautiful are loved, then If I could steal that gaze of yours, then Please, reach out those warm hands to me In this way, ah, take me away from here Before the sun rises... Ah, I had such a long dream... Like a symbol, my name rings out So I don't get buried and fade away I chase after your voice From a bud, a flower From a chrysalis, a wasp Before your eyes, I change my form, again and again Mirror, mirror, Who am I? I am given the answer, again and again and I am reborn If the beautiful are just, then If I could steal that heart of yours, then Please, hold me in those warm hands In this way, ah, just put me to sleep Before the sun rises... Ah, even though I had already known... There was never such thing as eternity, anywhere I just wanted to become a flower that would never wither. O those beautiful hands, do forever stay clean Please, mirror, who am I? Ah, dawn is breaking...

[brutal-out-here]

So from what I’m understanding today there’s been yet another instance where Taylor/her team has said she was straight/not part of the community and that speculating these things is bad/she doesn’t like it and yet there’s still tons of people who choose to believe making blogs dedicated to decoding every second of her life to make connections to whatever sexuality they want her to have is a good thing?

[infizero]

every lovejoy song is actually about aromanticism because i said so

[bwops]

有没有一种可能 时间能回到当年 我绝不删掉你照片 至少我能保存点想念

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is there some kind of possibility we can turn back time to that year i definitely wouldn’t delete your pictures (cause) at the least, i’d be able to preserve some of the memories

[imminent-danger-came]

i saw someone was sending you asks about songs that remind them of lmk! mine are submarine symphonika by the submarines & the sun shines at night by the same band! i think the overall themes of the songs work for the show, but some of the song lyrics dont fit super well! and like a star by mike krol! a lot of mike krols songs are good with lmk just because its astro rock and it fits well with a lot of the sun/moon motifs in lmk! anyway sorry for rambling lol

I think "Submarine Symphonika" is a very SWK song, being someone who basically lost everyone he cared about and then became a mentor to MK:

Say what you will Love a heart that's been broken Love finds you even when, You've given up Say what you will Say it again and again Until the whole world knows about it Love finds you even when, You've given up

It's also just a banger.

Then "The Sun Shines at Night" (also a banger):

We hold on tight We had the summer of our lives But your doubts, they hold strong And my hope it burns too long So don't go

If you completely ignore the romantic implications, I really like it for Mei and MK, especially with their leaving motif!

Speaking of leaving...

I'm like a star I'm burning out fast I try to shine But it's never gonna last Can't you see you're just letting me down? With all my friends, I'll make a picture But in the morning I'll be gone

"Like a Star" I think is very MK, for no particular reason. Real quick, if you could just take a sec and walk with me over to this gif:

[strapinandstraponyourstrapons]

hate followed him gently, black seeds in his heart, roots tearing the love in him apart

[paint-music-with-me]

teehee ha ha I revamped First Burn from the Hamilton Remix Track to have Mew's POV and lowkey I like it???